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The State Department also requires (or strongly recommends, for some visa types) getting health insurance and says, "If the university or college you attend does not offer a health insurance plan, it is extremely important that you obtain coverage of your own to protect yourself against potentially very high medical costs." Even if your school offers a plan, it will usually allow you to purchase a less expensive plan somewhere else as long as it meets certain requirements.

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I agree that health care in the United States is expensive that is why it is important for the students to have a health insurance plan. Accidents and sudden ailments can happen anytime, having a Health insurance plan will protect the well-being of the students.

I think it's extremely important that any prospective students studying internationally get some international travel medical insurance just in case anything would ever happen to them. I had a friend who did this when he studied abroad in London, and he was medically covered for anything that would happen to him, something that he definitely looks back on and glad he got it.